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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Smyth

England 0-1 Brazil: international football friendly – as it happened

Brazil's Endrick celebrates scoring the opening goal of the game against England.
Brazil's Endrick celebrates scoring the opening goal of the game against England. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Match report: England 0-1 Brazil

Gareth Southgate’s reaction

There were lots of very good performances. It was a top-level game, we controlled long parts of it and had as many attempts on goal as them. In the end it’s that ruthless moment that decides the game. But there were some important individual performances for us. Anthony [Gordon] was excellent, both sides of his game.

Ben Chilwell was very good I thought. He was aggressive in his defending, he gave us width. We have to manage him carefully because he’s been out for a while.

It’s a classic game against a South American team. In a [competitive game] there might have been more cards given. We knew to expect that and we played from the back really well. I’m not unhappy with a lot about the performance.

[Kyle Walker] felt something. We don’t know yet how serious it is. He’s a player who hasn’t been injured very often so he’s not quite sure what it is. We’ll assess it over the next few days.

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